KPK Ready To Provide Documentation And Information Regarding Human Cage At Langkat Regent's House

The prison-like cage at the residence of the Regent of Langkat is off. Published Wind War Plan/SPECIAL DOC

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is ready to provide documentation and information in its possession regarding the findings of a human cage at the house of the inactive Langkat Regent.

Deputy Chairperson of the Corruption Eradication Commission, Nurul Ghufron, admitted that his institution has the documentation so that it is hoped that it will make it easier for other law enforcement officers to carry out investigations. Because the team found the cage when they came to Terbit Plan's house.

"KPK will be open to cooperating and will support other law enforcers if they need information and documentation that the KPK has," said KPK Deputy Chair Nurul Ghufron in a written statement, Tuesday, January 25.

Ghufron said his team saw human cages while searching for Terbit during the sting operation (OTT). However, his subordinates did not focus on the findings, they did not focus on the cage because they focused on finding evidence of a riot and the whereabouts of Terbit, who later became a suspect in receiving bribes.

"Because at that time the KPK team went to the house to look for the Regent, who turned out to be no longer there," he said.

Even so, the KPK had documented the existence of the cage in Terbit's house. Thus, this institution is ready to provide its findings if needed by other law enforcers.

"KPK then only documented because they had to continue the search at the time," he said.

Previously reported, Migrant Care said that the inactive Regent of Langkat Terbit Plan to War Wind had a cage in his house. As many as 40 palm oil workers are said to be languishing in the cage.

"There are two cells inside the Regent's house that were used to imprison 40 working people," said Head of the Migrant Care Migration Study Center Anis Hidayat in a written statement, Monday, January 24.

The workers were also subjected to cruel treatment. This includes experiencing violence and not getting a salary while working in an oil palm plantation that is suspected to belong to Terbit Plan.